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HIGH PERFORMANCE
David Naylor High Performance Manager
DEVELOPING AND PREPARING YOUNG BASKETBALL ATHLETES TO REPRESENT WA
HIGH PERFORMANCE
HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
The Basketball WA High Performance Program continues to play an important role in the State in the education and training of athletes and coaches. The Basketball WA High Performance Department undertook a review against National and State outcomes which resulted in a revamped 2018-19 State Performance Program (SPP). Basketball WA also continued to operate Basketball Australia’s National Performance Program (NPP), with the focus to develop players who have the potential to represent Australia at the International level.
STATE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
The State Performance Program identifies the State’s most talented athletes and creates an intensive training environment that will “develop and prepare young basketball athletes to represent WA” at an Australian Junior Championship. Basketball WA believes that the establishment of a direct pathway for athletes in the SPP into the State Team Program will improve the quality of State Team performance into the future. The 2022/23 SPP consisted of two camps involving both Country and Metro athletes, with the age groups separated into U16’s and U18’s to accommodate the increase in scholarship holders. Regional athletes were also required to attend weekly/fortnightly sessions under the supervision of network coaches.
The role of the Department of Sport’s Regional Talent Development Programs (RTDP), along with Regional Academies continue to assist regional athletes and coaches. Basketball WA athletes received support from the Peel Regional Academy of Sport (PRAS), the Mid West Academy of Sport (MWAS) and the Great Southern Sports Talent Association (GSSTA).
“the program continues to cater for the top tier of athletes within WA that have been identified to have the potential to represent Australia.”
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
This program continues to cater for the top tier of athletes within WA that have been identified to have the potential to represent Australia. The NPP continues to provide support to those athletes striving towards National Representation.
In consultation with Basketball Australia, the following athletes were awarded NPP scholarships:
• Savannah Metcalfe (Perry Lakes)
• Monique Williams (Willetton)
• Amelia Corasaniti (Narrogin) • Alira Fotu (Bunbury)
• Max Bucknell (Kalamunda)
• Charlie Dimmock (Cockburn) • Taro Fradd (Perry Lakes)
• Roman Lutton (Willetton) • Aaron Gashaw (Willetton)
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